noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Medical/technical term describing symptoms or conditions that mimic a true disease but are not caused by the same underlying pathology. Used attributively with の.
仮性近視は、一時的に近視のような症状が出る状態です。
Pseudomyopia is a condition where temporary myopia-like symptoms appear.
医者は仮性の症
The doctor diagnosed it as false symptoms.
Compound of 仮 (temporary, provisional) and 性 (nature, property). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern medical Japanese to describe conditions that are not true organic diseases.